The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

The Senate repealed California’s de facto national EV mandate Thursday morning, delivering on a key pledge of President Donald Trump’s

Industry observers say despite the regulatory relief, turbulence still looms for Michigan and its signature auto sector.

The Senate voted on Thursday to ax California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars, making a controversial move to sidestep the parliamentarian in the process. The vote was 51-44, and the measure

California's EV mandate requires that 35% of all new vehicles sold in the state be electric in 2026, but EV sales were only 25% of the total in 2023 and 2024.

California is fighting back a day after the U.S. Senate voted to put the brakes on the state's clean vehicle policies.

Zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales are declining in California as left-leaning consumers forgo purchasing Teslas, hindering progress toward the state’s 2035